EASC 204-3: Structural Geology I
Lecture Schedule - Spring 2020
Lecture Time/Location: Tues. & Thurs. , 14:30-15:20, TASC1-7005
| EASC 204 - Structural Geology I - Spring 2020 [Textbook - "Structural Geology of Rocks and Regions" by Davis, Reynolds & Kluth; 3rd Edition] |
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| Descriptive Analysis (assigned reading from assigned textbook in brackets) | ||
| Week 1 [ Jan 7 & 9] |
Introduction & Primary Structures and Contacts (Chapter 1; 697 – 711) | |
| Week 2 [Jan 14 & 16] |
Intro to Fractures (p.21-23; 193-204) & Faults (p.23-24; 249-251); Slip vs. Separation (p.272-281) | |
| Week 3 [Jan 21 & 23] |
Recognition of Faults (p.251-253; 271-300; 703-705); Nature of Fault Surfaces (p.253-260); More Fault Info (p.260-267; 305-343) & Joints and Joint Analysis (p.193-220; 769-779) | |
| Week 4 [Jan 28 & 30] |
Folds: Introduction ( p.344-368); Classification and Specification (p.375-383); Superposed Folding (p.353-354) | |
| Kinematic Analysis | ||
| Week 5 [Feb 4] | Classes canceled - snow day | |
| Week 5 [Feb 6] | EXAM I - during Thursday lecture | |
| Week 6 [Feb 11 & 13] |
Strain Analysis – Measures of Strain (p.59-75); Strain Ellipse & Ellipsoid (p.84-86) | |
| Week 7 [Feb 18 & 20] |
Reading week - no classes or labs | |
| Week 8 [Feb 25 & 27] |
Strain States & Flinn Diagrams (p.516-520); Finite & Incremental Strain (p.82-84; ); Pure Shear and Simple Shear (p.78-83; 554-555; 586-598); Strain Equations (p.75-77) | |
| Week 9 [Mar 3 & 5] | Folds – Kinematic Analysis & Mechanisms (Ch. 7 - p.383-404) | |
| Week 10 [Mar 10] | Cleavage, Foliation, Lineation (Ch. 9 - p.463-529) | |
| Week 10 [ Mar 12] | EXAM II - during Thursday lecture | |
| Dynamic Analysis | ||
| Week 11 [Mar 17 & 19] |
Deformation Mechanisms - Crystal Defects (Ch 4 - p.148-181) | |
| Week 12 [Mar 24 & 25] |
Forces, Tractions, Stress on a Plane and at a Point, Stress ellipse & ellipsoid (Ch 3 - p.90-117); Stress Equations & Mohr's Circle for Stress (p.117-120); Pore Fluid Pressure (p.139-140; 230-239; 293) | |
| Week 13 [Mar 31 & Apr 2] |
Mohr’s Circle for Stress II - Byerlee’s Law, von Mises Criterion (p.291-305), Griffith’s Law (p. 226-230); Fault Analysis & Anderson’s Theory (p. 291-296) | |
| Week 14 [Apr 7 & 9] | Brittle-Ductile Behavior , Shear Zones & Shear Sense Indicators (p. 188-190; 530-580); Mylonites (p.499-504); Rheology & Material Properties (p.120-147) | |
| Apr 21 | FINAL EXAM 12:00 – 15:00 | |